Top Gun actor Barry Tubb sues Paramount for using his image in sequel
Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Top Gun actor Barry Tubb is suing Paramount Pictures for unauthorised use of his image in the film’s 2022 sequel Top Gun: Maverick. Tom Cruise in ‘Top Gun Maverick’ They also state that a potential sequel was never discussed, but that regardless Paramount went ahead and used the image “without seeking his permission and without compensation.” Tubb’s lawyers argue that Paramount used Tubb’s image “for purely selfserving commercial purposes and their own business interests”, noting that Top Gun: Maverick raked in over a billion dollars at the box office. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free In a four star review of Top Gun: Maverick, The Independent’s chief film critic Clarisse Loughrey wrote: “One day, there’ll need to be a reckoning over what exactly these films do and who they benefit. “But, for now, there’s another truth that’s hard to swerve: the belated follow-up Top Gun: Maverick is as thrilling as blockbusters get.
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